METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING AN AERIAL VEHICLE BETWEEN CROSSWIND FLIGHT AND HOVER FLIGHT - Patent 3046836

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EP 3 046 836 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.07.2016 Bulletin 2016/30

(21)	Application number: 14844368.2

(22)	Date of filing: 15.09.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B64C 31/06^(2006.01)

B64B 1/66^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2014/055714

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2015/039056 (19.03.2015 Gazette 2015/11)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

16.09.2013 US 201314028251
30.12.2013 US 201314144545

(71)	Applicant: Google Inc.
	Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHUBB, Erik Christopher Mountain View, CA 94043 (US) LIND, Damon Vander Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(74)	Representative: Anderson, Oliver Ben et al
	Venner Shipley LLP 200 Aldersgate London EC1A 4HD London EC1A 4HD (GB)

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